TripAdvisor Reviews Hotel Descanso Tropical Juan Griego

Travel Blogs from Juan Griego

I knew as soon as I saw the website for the school on Margarita Island it was the place for me! Despite the political unrest and the recession here in Venezuela my purpose is still clear and the possibilities are endless....at the very least I can obtain online students who will pay me in US dollars that can be exchanged at a rate of about 175 Venezuelan Bolivars ...

... told the story of how the Chief fell in love with an Indian girl and named the mountains after her bosom. Titty mountains!!!

We then went to an aquarium where we saw seahorses and trumpet fish and the dangerous lion fish that is apparently a dangerous poisonous fish, an interloper to these waters. There was also a ‘Nurse Shark’ and some turtles but I felt the pools they were kept in were really too small for ...

... walk on the beach until pursued by some salesboy from a nearby establishment – don’t they realise this sort of behaviour is only going to persuade me never to go!

Had a swim & found a convenient palm tree to dry off under – Imagine these get snapped up pretty soon and then you have to fork out for parasols or biminis, a strange concept I’ve not seen anywhere else ...

... for quality beer in quality bottles i.e. there is a deposit of 2 per bottle to pay but you get it back when you return them. I know, it’d the difference between 50 cents and 25 cents a bottle but it all adds up in the long run and I hope to be in for the long run if I’m economical!!

Went up to Fortin la Galera for the sunset and good views across this bay and the next with all the other tourists in ...

... a dry day yesterday!) – light beer seems very popular – those with the proper proportion of alcohol are “premium”! The Polar is supposedly pilsner style and has zero flavour, the Solera a bit more but still not wonderful – read somewhere Polar do a dark one so I am sure it will be my mission to try and find one!

I have a penchant for wood-fired pizza so was looking forward to dinner, especially as I had skipped lunch after the ...